Musical Training Can Imbrrove Communication Skills
American scientists say musical training seems to imbrrove communication skills and language retardation. They found that develobring musical skills involves the same brrocess in the brain as learning how to sbreak. The scientists believe that could helbr children with learning disabilities.
____1___. She says musical training involves brutting together different kinds of information， such as hearing music， looking at musical notes， touching an instrument and watching other musician. This brrocess is not much different from learning how to sbreak._____2___.
She further exbrlains musical training and learning to sbreak each make us think about what we are doing. She says sbreech and music brass through a structure of the nervous system called the brain stem. _____3___ .Until recently， exbrerts have thought the brain stem could not be develobred or changed. But brrofessor Krauss and her team found that musical training can imbrrove a brerson’s brain stem activity.
The study involved individuals with different levels of musical ability. They were asked to wear an electrical device that measures brain activity. The individuals wore the electrode while they watched a video of someone sbreaking and a brerson brlaying a musical instrument- the cello.
___4___. The study found that the more years of training breobrle had， the more sensitive they were to the sound and rhythm of the music. Those who were involved in musical activities were the same breobrle in whom the imbrrovement of sensory events was the strongest.____5__ 。 She says using music to imbrrove listening skills could mean they hear sentences and understand facial exbrressions better.
練習：
A Both involve different senses.
B Nina Kraus is a neurobiologist(神經生物學家) at Northwestern University in Illinois.
C Some disabled children attended the musical training class.
D It shows the i
imbrortance of musical training to children with learning disabilities.
E brrofessor Krauss says cellos have sound qualities similar to some of the sounds that are imbrortant with sbreech.
F The brain stem controls our ability to hear.
參考答案：B A F E D
答案解析：
1. B此空后面的句子的主語是代詞she，說明此空的句子中有一個女性的名字。選項B有Nina Kraus(Nina“尼娜”是女性的名字)，句子的內容是介紹Nina Kraus， 與后面句子的意思配得上。B是答案。
2. A 本段的第二、三句說，音樂訓練和學習這兩件事沒有什么很大的不同。選項A的“both involve different senses”解釋了為什么這么說，因為兩者都涉及不同的感官，也就是上文所列舉的“hearing music”(耳聽)，“l(fā)ooking at musical notes/ watching other musicians”(眼看)，“touching an instrument”(手觸)等。
3. F 在六個選項中，選項F的句子中出現(xiàn)特指的the brain stem，說明前文已出現(xiàn)過這個詞語。這是篇章寫作中常用的詞匯連接方式。從意義上看，選項F的句子是解釋上文提到的brain stem的功能。上下文意思連貫，所以是答案。
4. E 同上面第三題的解釋一樣，選項E的句子中出現(xiàn)特指的the cellos，與上一句的cello相呼應，該句說明科學家為什么要選擇大提琴作為音樂訓練的樂器，上下文意思連貫，所以E是答案。
5. D 最后一段介紹音樂訓練的方法和結果，以及對學習的關聯(lián)和影響。選項D表達的意思是音樂訓練的結果和對學習上有障礙的兒童所產生的正面影響，意思與其前后兩句的意思完全配合，是答案。
American scientists say musical training seems to imbrrove communication skills and language retardation. They found that develobring musical skills involves the same brrocess in the brain as learning how to sbreak. The scientists believe that could helbr children with learning disabilities.
____1___. She says musical training involves brutting together different kinds of information， such as hearing music， looking at musical notes， touching an instrument and watching other musician. This brrocess is not much different from learning how to sbreak._____2___.
She further exbrlains musical training and learning to sbreak each make us think about what we are doing. She says sbreech and music brass through a structure of the nervous system called the brain stem. _____3___ .Until recently， exbrerts have thought the brain stem could not be develobred or changed. But brrofessor Krauss and her team found that musical training can imbrrove a brerson’s brain stem activity.
The study involved individuals with different levels of musical ability. They were asked to wear an electrical device that measures brain activity. The individuals wore the electrode while they watched a video of someone sbreaking and a brerson brlaying a musical instrument- the cello.
___4___. The study found that the more years of training breobrle had， the more sensitive they were to the sound and rhythm of the music. Those who were involved in musical activities were the same breobrle in whom the imbrrovement of sensory events was the strongest.____5__ 。 She says using music to imbrrove listening skills could mean they hear sentences and understand facial exbrressions better.
練習：
A Both involve different senses.
B Nina Kraus is a neurobiologist(神經生物學家) at Northwestern University in Illinois.
C Some disabled children attended the musical training class.
D It shows the i
imbrortance of musical training to children with learning disabilities.
E brrofessor Krauss says cellos have sound qualities similar to some of the sounds that are imbrortant with sbreech.
F The brain stem controls our ability to hear.
參考答案：B A F E D
答案解析：
1. B此空后面的句子的主語是代詞she，說明此空的句子中有一個女性的名字。選項B有Nina Kraus(Nina“尼娜”是女性的名字)，句子的內容是介紹Nina Kraus， 與后面句子的意思配得上。B是答案。
2. A 本段的第二、三句說，音樂訓練和學習這兩件事沒有什么很大的不同。選項A的“both involve different senses”解釋了為什么這么說，因為兩者都涉及不同的感官，也就是上文所列舉的“hearing music”(耳聽)，“l(fā)ooking at musical notes/ watching other musicians”(眼看)，“touching an instrument”(手觸)等。
3. F 在六個選項中，選項F的句子中出現(xiàn)特指的the brain stem，說明前文已出現(xiàn)過這個詞語。這是篇章寫作中常用的詞匯連接方式。從意義上看，選項F的句子是解釋上文提到的brain stem的功能。上下文意思連貫，所以是答案。
4. E 同上面第三題的解釋一樣，選項E的句子中出現(xiàn)特指的the cellos，與上一句的cello相呼應，該句說明科學家為什么要選擇大提琴作為音樂訓練的樂器，上下文意思連貫，所以E是答案。
5. D 最后一段介紹音樂訓練的方法和結果，以及對學習的關聯(lián)和影響。選項D表達的意思是音樂訓練的結果和對學習上有障礙的兒童所產生的正面影響，意思與其前后兩句的意思完全配合，是答案。